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SYRACUSE-The College of Saint Rose got off to a quick start for the second consecutive day and never looked back en route to a 67-47 victory against Southern Connecticut State in tonight's NCAA East Regional semifinal on the Le Moyne College campus.
 
The Golden Knights (26-7) will now meet St. Thomas Aquinas in Tuesday's East Regional Final (Sweet 16) with a ticket to the Elite Eight in Sioux Falls, SD on the line. The national championship gets underway on Wednesday, March 22. The Spartans came back from an 11 point, first half deficit to upend Merrimack 73-70 in tonight's other regional semifinal.
 
Saint Rose was its usual efficient itself on both ends of the court this evening. The Golden Knights shot 54.0 percent (27-for-50) from the floor and held the Owls (18-13), who a day earlier scored 109 points in their opening round game, to 34.0 percent (17-for-50) shooting.
 
"I am really proud of our focus today. We were very unselfish on both ends of the court all game. We continue to get contributions from several guys," said head coach Brian Beaury. "I am excited to play for an NCAA Regional Championship Tuesday."
 
Senior forward Tyler Sayre and junior guard Mical-Ryan Boyd scored 17 and 16 points respectively to propel the Golden Knights charge. The duo also shot a combined 12-for-18 from the field. Additionally, junior forward Julian Lipinski tossed in 13 points and hauled in six rebounds.
 
Saint Rose scored the game's first 10 points throughout the opening four minutes to set the tone. Senior forward Chris Dorgler knocked down a 3-pointer, for his 1000th career point, to make it 20-10 Golden Knights with 11:23 to go until the break. Five minutes later, junior forward Jack Jones drained a trey himself that doubled the Golden Knights advantage to 20, 32-12, with 6:12 remaining.
 
It was still a 20 point ballgame at the break before Saint Rose eventually pushed its advantage to as much as 26, 51-25, after Lipinski finished inside with 15:54 left. Southern Connecticut State got no closer than within 17 points the rest of the way.
 
For the Owls, senior guard Michael Mallory and junior forward Jerry Luckett, Jr. each scored 11 points.

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Notes: Saint Rose will be making its first regional final appearance since 1999 when the Golden Knights upended Adelphi, 72-67, in double overtime at the University at Albany to advance to the Elite Eight…Yesterday's 94-58 victory and today's 20 point win are the program's two largest point differentials in its NCAA Tournament history…Saint Rose twice previously produced 16 point victories, an 87-71 opening round win versus Pace in 2007 and a 92-76 first round triumph versus Le Moyne in 1997…Dorgler (1,002) is the 30th player in Saint Rose annals to reach the 1,000 point plateau…The Golden Knights have now shot at least 50.0 percent from the floor 17 times season…The last time Saint Rose won 26 games was the aforementioned 1998-99 Elite Eight campaign…The 1996-97 Elite Eight contingent won a school record 29 games…Saint Rose has now won 14 of its last 17…Eight players are seeing at least 11.8 minutes of playing time and five are averaging at least 9.9 ppg with Boyd and Sayre leading the way at 13.0 ppg apiece…Saint Rose has put five players in double-figures scoring eight times this season and has had four players score at least 10 points on 18 occasions…Sayre is the fifth all-time leading scorer in Golden Knights annals with 1,799 points, which leaves him just six shy of moving into fourth place past Saint Rose Hall of Famer and current Southern New Hampshire assistant coach Jeff Gore ('93)…Sayre is a career 15.5 ppg scorer…This season marks head coach Brian Beaury's 17th, 20-win campaign…He now owns a 622-315 career record and is one of nine active NCAA Division II mentors that have accumulated 600 victories…Saint Rose is tenth in the country in both FT% (78.6) and assists: turnover ratio (1.5), and is 20th in turnover margin (+3.3)…The Golden Knights are second in the Northeast-10 Conference in FT%, scoring defense (67.3), and steals (6.7); and are fourth in FG% (48.2) and assists (16.6).

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